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Get at least 7 and that final window will be a lot more relaxing. Will hopefully have Gio, Pulisic, McKennie, etc back in January

Really rough performance after the first 25 minutes. Extremely fortunate to get a point. Not idea after how this window started, but 4 points is what we needed.

Not that you'd go into a shell in the 15th minute, but the US is not sitting on a 1-0 road lead. They look like they want 3-4 goals tonight.

And you thought Costa Rica had it bad? Temp at kickoff is expected to be 17 degrees lol Also, any particular reason why the US-Jamaica game is at 4 while the other fixtures are primetime? Do they just figure no one is going to watch Paramount+ so who cares when it's scheduled?

He's thrown 2 innings combined the last 2 seasons and was on a QO. I would have thought that for the cost of a QO, he signed for more than 1 year.

Isn't kicking the ball to force a steal not legal? No one really talked about that so I assume I am missing something

To add to this, ESPN projected a 24 team playoff (based on its projected results the next 2 weeks). 24 is too much for me. When you start seeing teams that you haven't even thought about for weeks as a playoff team, that's when I get on board with the 'regular season should matter' crowd. I do believe there should be enough teams where the margin for error in the regular season is not 0, but when you are talking about teams with 4 losses, then it matters way too little. First round 17. Texas A&M (9-3) at 16. UTSA (13-0) 24. Northern Illinois (9-4) at 9. Pitt (11-2) 21. Utah (9-4) at 12. Oklahoma (11-2) 20. NC State (9-3) at 13. Baylor (10-2) 22. Appalachian State (11-2) at 11. Ole Miss (10-2) 19. Wisconsin (9-4) at 14. BYU (10-2) 23. Utah State (10-3) at 10. Michigan State (10-2) 18. Wake Forest (10-3) at 15. Iowa (10-2) Second round UTSA/Texas A&M at 1. Georgia (13-0) Pitt/NIU at 8. Michigan (10-2) Oklahoma/Utah at 5. Alabama (11-2) Baylor/NC State at 4. Notre Dame (11-1) Ole Miss/App State at 6. Oregon (11-2) BYU/Wisconsin at 3. Cincinnati (13-0) Michigan State/Utah State at 7. Oklahoma State (11-2) Iowa/Wake Forest at 2. Ohio State (12-1)

Apparently there were a lot of pissed Lakers fans after Caruso's appearance on Reddick's podcast last week went viral. So now in order to calm things down there is an oral history of his FA period leading to him signing with the Bulls: https://theathletic.com/2953721/2021/11/15/gone-in-a-blink-the-inside-story-of-alex-carusos-departure-from-the-lakers/

https://theathletic.com/2956935/2021/11/15/rebuilt-bulls-ride-into-l-a-kings-vs-kangz-scouting-jaime-jaquez-jr-brandon-boston-hollingers-week-that-was/ He was even mocking us for getting excited about the preseason performances so horsefeathers that dude

Sorry I cant get enough of expanded playoffs, and I'm jumping the gun because the next CFP ranking doesn't come out until tomorrow but this is how I see a potential 12 team playoff looking like after last week. 12 Baylor @ 5 Alabama - winner to play Cincinnati - Alabama probably wins but has been wobbly lately and Baylor has beaten several quality opponents this year. Think it would be a close fun matchup, with the winner getting a chance to prove Cincinnati isn't legit 11 Wake Forrest @ 6 Michigan - winner to play Ohio State - of course my preferred matchup for Michigan. Blah blah blah Jim Harbaugh in big games. Michigan would win this, and go on to play none other than Ohio horsefeathering State. Would be an epic matchup even though it will probably be the same smackdown Michigan is getting in 2 weeks except in Columbus 10 Oklahoma @ 7 Michigan State - winner to play Oregon - Oklahoma is a very iffy one loss team so MSU probably wins especially with friendly refereeing in East Lansing (i cant help myself), and gets to face an Oregon team looking to knock off another Big Ten giant. 9 Oklahoma State @ 8 Notre Dame - winner to play Georgia - I don't know much about either of these team's seasons other than Notre Dame was looking very iffy and has started to put it together. Would that translate to a gigantic win against Georgia or would they get depantsed in another big playoff matchup (yes Andy getting depantsed in the CFP is better than never making it, I know). Anyways screw the regular season, let's get this version of the CFP off the ground. I would like CFB 435% more if it happened.

I agree with the reasons of Fields' safety but if the Bears believe Jenkins is the LT of the future, and the season is lost I can see them pushing aside a 38 year old LT to give him reps. Edit: Of course on 2nd thought, even if the Bears are eliminated from the playoffs, this FO and coaching regime may be trying to win as many games as possible to keep their jobs and ultimately they may not care about working in a rookie LT

For an offensive lineman, can you learn the blocking schemes simply by studying them or is the playbook something that needs to be learned by actually practicing and playing in games? I'd hate to throw Jenkins out there at LT and protecting Fields with little practice time. I would expect the Bears to use the entire 21 day window for Jenkins.

With today’s results, the Bears now sit at 15th in the NFC with tiebreakers. Not that playoffs are that likely but bad day for that with wins by the Panthers, Vikings, Eagles and WFT

horsefeathers this team is exciting

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Would be interesting to see. I don’t believe any 2 loss team has made the CFP so far, but if any team was going to be the first of course it would be Alabama

It’s the same discussion with Harbaugh. Michigan of course doesn’t have the Big Ten title like Penn State has but everything else is similar to Franklin’s run. But look at programs like Florida, Texas and Florida State. They hired new coaches and took a step back as a program. Michigan had the same with RichRod and Hoke. Sure you might hire the next Nick Saban but you are much much more likely to hire the next RichRod. Harbaugh and Franklin have their programs not on the top tier but probably the second tier of teams that can make the CFP. Their teams are top 25 caliber and both teams have been a break or two from the CFP. I can understand wanting to strive for more as a program but you risk ending up with less.

Mexico now has a 8-2-9 record against the US in competitive matches this century

Imagine the gap if we had drew that one. We’d be 6 points clear of the playoff spot with 7 to go

Vucevic is the MVP

The US didn't go into a shell and hope for some good counters. They pressed Mexico knowing that they were the better team. End result was a destruction of El Tri. Results from the other matches were not great from a top 3 perspective, but from a top 4 perspective, the US is 8 points clear. Not that we're going for the playoff but its nice to have that cushion.

That goal puts USA ahead on GD too so will lead the group assuming they hold on and no Mexico goals

Hey guys what's the score of this Mexico-USA match?